half thorns, half joy

Cai Jinyu pushed open the door of the study and explained to Tang Xuan, "Don't listen to his nonsense, it has nothing to do with Lin Qiaoer, it has something to do with Lin Qiaoer's father—Lin Mingshen."

Tang Xuan glared at Xiao Zihan immediately after hearing this.

"Lin Mingshen and Lin Qiaoer have nothing to do with each other." Xiao Zihan smiled and defended himself, "If it weren't for Lin Qiaoer, Lin Mingshen wouldn't have exposed himself so quickly."

Tang Xuan snorted, "If you want to say that, it has something to do with you. If Lin Qiaoer hadn't loved you so much, it seems that none of these things would have happened."

"Pfft..." Cai Jinyu was immediately amused, waiting to see Xiao Zihan's joke with great joy, "Come on, Zihan explain quickly."

Xiao Zihan gave Cai Jinyu an angry look, sat down on the soft leather chair, raised his chin, and signaled Cai Jinyu to turn on the computer.

After the joke was over, Tang Xuan became serious. She hadn't heard from Lin Qiaoer for a while, and wanted to ask Xiao Zihan, but she didn't know how to ask.

After all, Lin Qiaoer was a bad memory for her and Xiao Zihan.

After a moment of silence, Tang Xuan said politely, "By the way, wasn't Lin Mingshen arrested at the time? What happened afterwards? He's still inside now, or has he come out?"

"He's still inside. He has a big problem, and he didn't come out so soon." Cai Jinyu replied, "The people on the board of directors who are planning to make trouble now are all with Lin Mingshen."

"Then... do they want to fight for Lin Mingshen?"

Cai Jinyu shook her head, "It's not that simple, those people know how to talk about morality, but they just don't want to be suppressed by Zihan and want to bite Zihan back."

Tang Xuan listened with a look of worry in her eyes.

Xiao Zihan noticed Tang Xuan's expression, smiled easily, and squeezed Tang Xuan's fingers, "Don't worry, I've already arranged everything, and I'm just waiting to close the net."

"……Um."

Next, Tang Xuan stood aside and listened to Xiao Zihan and Cai Jinyu's serious discussions on the table data on the computer and various charts.Tang Xuan didn't study economics at university, and she didn't pay much attention to it in her daily life, so when she heard some technical terms coming out of Xiao Zihan's mouth, she was quite confused and didn't quite understand.

But she could hear something, for example, Xiao Zihan planned to enter the entertainment and artificial intelligence industry, changing the current Xiao's business model that focuses on entertainment and service industries.

Tang Xuan couldn't help but wondered, if Xiao Zihan really wanted to entertain, could she also help out and do something within her capacity?

As soon as Xiao Zihan and Cai Jinyu finished discussing, the nanny knocked on the door and came in, saying that dinner was ready and asking when they would go down to eat.

Speaking of this, Tang Xuan immediately expressed her thoughts.

"How about, let's serve it upstairs and eat it upstairs. Zihan's legs are not convenient for going up and down the stairs, so there's no need to go down to eat."

Cai Jinyu immediately agreed, "Yes, I think Tang Xuan."

But Xiao Zihan said: "Forget it, it's too troublesome to take it up and down, and my legs are almost better, not so delicate."

"Wait, what are you talking about, your legs are almost healed?" Tang Xuan asked Xiao Zihan back.

The nanny is good at winking, and she can tell right away which of the three people is in charge. She quickly smiled and said, "Master, it's no trouble, just put it on a plate and serve it up. There is also a dining table in the reception room on the second floor."

After hearing what the nanny said, Tang Xuan nodded and made a decision, "Okay, let's eat there, you guys go and prepare."

"Yes."

After the nanny left, Xiao Zihan looked at Tang Xuan and shook his head helplessly, "There's no need to make such a fuss, I'm a big man, how can I be so..."

In the middle of his sentence, after seeing Tang Xuan's serious and serious expression, he swallowed the rest of the sentence and changed it to: "Alright, whatever you say, I'll let you make arrangements."

The word "little one" has a strong taste of the market, and it doesn't seem like Xiao Zihan said it at the beginning. Tang Xuan was immediately amused.

Cai Jinyu chimed in, "Tsk tsk tsk, Tang Xuan, I realize that you really have the demeanor of a hostess now. This temperament is really strong."

Tang Xuan smiled angrily, "Okay, you two stop teasing me, let's go and eat."

The nanny cooked normal Chinese food, but considering that both Xiao Zihan and Tang Xuan were still recovering from their injuries, the food was light and oily.After Cai Jinyu sat down, he glanced at the dishes on the table, and complained directly, "No way, let me and you suffer this again? I'm busy because of you two, and you two treat me like this ? Too inhumane."

Just as he was speaking, the nanny brought in another plate. Several dishes on the plate were stir-fried with a lot of chili peppers. They looked bright red and tasted very heavy.

"Wow, I made this specially for me?" Cai Jinyu couldn't believe it.

The nanny put all the dishes in front of Cai Jinyu and nodded, "Yes, Miss Tang ordered them to be specially made for you."

Now, Cai Jinyu's expression immediately became subtle.

He secretly regretted that it was too early to speak.

Xiao Zihan stretched out his hand to serve Tang Xuan a bowl of soup, placed it in front of Tang Xuan, and gave Cai Jinyu a white look, "You should change your habit of jumping to conclusions in a hurry."

"Change, definitely change." Cai Jinyu herself was a little embarrassed, she had wronged Tang Xuan twice in one day, if he didn't have a better attitude, Xiao Zihan might beat him up.

Tang Xuan didn't care much about this, she greeted with a smile, "Eat quickly, both of you, stop talking nonsense."

In the past, Cai Jinyu would tease him during meals, but today he has said the wrong thing several times, and he didn't dare to talk about it anymore. He ate silently from the beginning to the end without saying a word .

Tang Xuan and Xiao Zihan were not chatting at mealtimes, so this meal was very quiet.

After eating, they rested for a while, and the nannies stepped forward to clean up, while Tang Xuan and Cai Jinyu supported Xiao Zihan and walked around the corridor twice to help him digest his food.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Tang Xuan worried and urged Cai Jinyu to go home.

Tang Xuan: "Go back quickly and see how she is doing. Remember not to start conflicts with her again. If you want to ask anything, I'll go over and ask her tomorrow. Don't worry."

Cai Jinyu pursed her lips and nodded, "I know."

Xiao Zihan also said: "Also, you have to trust Linlin a little more. We watched her grow up. We all know her character and conduct. Before the matter is fully clarified, don't put her Think the worst."

"……Um."

……

Cai's house, in the darkened room, Cai Lin sat on the bed hugging her legs, with her face buried in her knees.

Next to her, the bell rang again and again, and the screen of the mobile phone kept flickering, becoming the only light in the room.

Cai Lin seemed to be unable to hear or feel, sitting motionless, only the occasional shaking of her shoulders could tell that she was not asleep.

After a long time, the ringing finally stopped.

In the room, it was once again dark and silent.

Cai Lin raised her head in the dark, reached out to touch the phone, turned on the screen, and saw more than fifty missed calls from the same person displayed on the screen.

The light from the mobile phone screen shone on her face, showing the tear stains on her face one after another, as well as her red and swollen eyes.

"Dong dong dong—" There was a knock on the door.

Cai Lin bit her lip tightly and remained silent.

"Miss, it's time for dinner." The nanny's voice came from outside the door.

"...I'm not hungry." Cai Lin replied with a hoarse voice.

"Hey..." The nanny sighed and left.

Cai Lin held the phone in her hand and fell on the bed weakly.In addition to missed calls, there are many text messages in the phone. The content of the text messages ranges from funny at the beginning, to doubts, and to questioning at the end.

Ask her why she doesn't answer the phone or text.

In the past, when Cai Lin heard Deng Langyue's tone, she only thought it was overbearing and unreasonable.Only now did she realize that there was still a trace of ambiguity hidden in that overbearing.

What's even more frightening is that not only does she not reject this ambiguity, but she enjoys it very much and enjoys it very much.

Could it be that she really fell in love with... that Deng Langyue who bullied her... who was called a playboy by her brother?
Her brother's disgusting words seemed to ring in her ears again, and Cai Lin's heart was pierced when she thought of her brother looking at her like that.

At this time, Cai Jinyu's voice came from outside the door.

"She didn't eat?"

"Yes."

"I'll go in and see."

When Cai Lin heard this, she immediately got into bed and covered her head.